The disasteris not the money, although the money will be missed. The disaster is the disrespect--this belief that the arts are dispensable, that they're not critical to a culture's existence.

If you're speaking of love, you really must include the element of uncertainty - and perhaps it's best approached as the art of constant maintenance.

In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.

I write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I like to be able to think in different modes. I like to be able to use the language a great deal and carry on rehearsals in French.

I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one.

You can keep on chewing gum for ten hours, but after about a minute and a half you've got all the good out of it.